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Johnny Groth

John Thomas Groth

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL
High School: Latin (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1946
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics/Browns/Senators 1946-1960
Final Game: July 28, 1960
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 19 DET AL 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /O
1947 20 DET AL 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 110 1 2 0 0 /O
1948 21 DET AL 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 244 14 0 0 0 /O
1949 22 DET AL 103 418 348 60 102 19 5 11 73 3 7 65 27 .293 .407 .471 .878 132 164 15 2 3 O RoY-4
1950 23 DET AL 157 670 566 95 173 30 8 12 85 1 5 95 27 .306 .407 .451 .858 117 255 21 2 7 *O
1951 24 DET AL 118 465 428 41 128 29 1 3 49 1 1 31 32 .299 .349 .393 .742 100 168 16 2 4 *O
1952 25 DET AL 141 580 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 2 10 51 39 .284 .348 .357 .705 96 187 11 0 5 *O
1953 26 SLB AL 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9 *O
1954 27 CHW AL 125 477 422 41 116 20 0 7 60 3 9 42 37 .275 .341 .372 .713 94 157 19 2 8 3 *8/79
1955 28 TOT AL 95 293 260 35 66 11 5 4 28 3 0 24 31 .254 .313 .381 .693 87 99 7 0 5 4 1 87/9
1955 28 CHW AL 32 88 77 13 26 7 0 2 11 1 0 6 13 .338 .376 .506 .883 134 39 2 0 3 2 1 8
1955 28 WSH AL 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 67 60 5 0 2 2 0 87/9
1956 29 KCA AL 95 280 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 1 2 30 31 .258 .335 .398 .732 93 97 9 0 2 4 2 897
1957 30 TOT AL 93 180 162 21 45 10 0 0 18 0 0 13 13 .278 .333 .340 .673 83 55 3 1 3 1 0 987
1957 30 KCA AL 55 68 59 10 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 .254 .333 .254 .588 63 15 2 0 2 0 0 9/78
1957 30 DET AL 38 112 103 11 30 10 0 0 16 0 0 6 7 .291 .333 .388 .722 95 40 1 1 1 1 0 87
1958 31 DET AL 88 161 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 0 1 13 19 .281 .340 .384 .723 94 56 4 0 2 0 0 789
1959 32 DET AL 55 112 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 0 0 7 14 .235 .284 .353 .637 70 36 0 0 3 0 0 897
1960 33 DET AL 25 23 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .368 .455 .421 .876 136 8 0 0 1 0 0 /89
15 Seasons 1248 4302 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 19 42 419 329 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 1503 121 11 52 12 3
162 Game Avg. 162 558 494 62 138 26 4 8 63 2 5 54 43 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 195 16 1 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 737 2574 2266 307 663 126 19 34 302 7 25 274 171 .293 .370 .410 .780 107 929 70 7 26 1 0
KCA (2 yrs) 150 348 303 32 78 13 3 5 39 1 2 37 37 .257 .334 .370 .704 87 112 11 0 4 4 2
CHW (2 yrs) 157 565 499 54 142 27 0 9 71 4 9 48 50 .285 .347 .393 .739 100 196 21 2 11 5 1
WSH (1 yr) 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 67 60 5 0 2 2 0
SLB (1 yr) 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 DET AL 19 OF 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .983 2.25 0-4-0
1947 DET AL 20 OF 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 2.40 1-0-0
1948 DET AL 21 OF 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 .980 2.35 0-4-0
1949 DET AL 22 OF 99 264 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 .980 2.27 0-99-0 RoY-4
1950 DET AL 23 OF 157 389 374 9 6 0 .985 2.44 .979 2.34 0-157-0
1951 DET AL 24 OF 112 280 266 12 2 3 .993 2.48 .977 2.23 0-112-0
1952 DET AL 25 OF 139 348 329 14 5 3 .986 2.47 .980 2.18 2-137-0
1953 SLB AL 26 OF 141 447 425 18 4 5 .991 3.14 .981 2.18 0-141-0
1954 CHW AL 27 OF 125 121 1060.0 325 314 7 4 3 .988 6.0 6.8 5.0 6.9 -1.9 1 2.73 2.57 .979 2.39 2.17 9-116-2
1954 CHW AL 27 CF 116 113 982.0 308 297 7 4 3 .987 4.6 5.6 3.6 4.9 -1.3 1 2.79 2.62 .983 2.85 2.64
1954 CHW AL 27 LF 9 6 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 16.8 0.8 1.4 -0.6 0 2.37 1.67 .973 2.26 1.93
1954 CHW AL 27 RF 2 2 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 34.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.71 2.00 .975 2.06 1.80
1955 TOT AL 28 OF 74 67 590.2 188 183 3 2 1 .989 -4.1 -8.3 -2.1 0.6 -2.7 -2 2.83 2.51 .982 2.40 2.08 12-66-1
1955 TOT AL 28 CF 66 59 518.2 168 164 2 2 1 .988 -4.9 -11.3 -1.9 0.6 -2.5 -3 2.88 2.52 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 26 21 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.94 2.35 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 26 21 187.0 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.98 2.38 .982 2.40 2.08 0-26-0
1955 WSH AL 28 OF 48 46 403.2 126 122 2 2 1 .984 -5.6 -16.6 -3.6 -1.4 -2.2 -2 2.76 2.58 .982 2.40 2.08 12-40-1
1955 WSH AL 28 CF 40 38 331.2 107 104 1 2 1 .981 -6.4 -23.2 -3.4 -1.4 -2.0 -3 2.85 2.63 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 WSH AL 28 LF 11 8 69.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 17.4 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1 2.22 1.55 .982 2.26 1.78
1955 WSH AL 28 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1956 KCA AL 29 OF 84 61 598.1 148 140 8 0 3 1.000 -7.2 -14.4 -7.2 -4.8 -2.3 0 2.23 1.76 .978 2.34 2.04 13-56-18
1956 KCA AL 29 CF 56 44 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -5.6 -16.2 -5.6 -3.8 -1.8 0 2.31 1.91 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 KCA AL 29 RF 18 15 140.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -16.2 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1 -1 1.73 1.50 .974 2.09 1.80
1956 KCA AL 29 LF 14 2 41.2 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 8.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 1 1.51 0.50 .971 2.10 1.69
1957 TOT AL 30 OF 86 40 430.2 111 110 0 1 0 .991 -2.7 -7.5 -1.7 -4.4 2.6 -1 2.30 1.28 .979 2.24 1.97 21-28-38
1957 TOT AL 30 CF 27 23 204.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 1.2 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 1 2.87 2.41 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 TOT AL 30 LF 21 7 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -33.6 -1.2 -2.4 1.2 -1 1.83 0.76 .981 2.11 1.70
1957 KCA AL 30 OF 50 16 193.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -3.4 -21.1 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 -2 1.73 0.74 .979 2.24 1.97 9-3-38
1957 KCA AL 30 RF 39 10 148.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -0.7 -5.7 0.3 -0.4 0.6 -1 1.76 0.74 .977 1.93 1.68
1957 KCA AL 30 LF 9 6 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -61.5 -1.1 -1.3 0.3 -1 1.54 0.78 .986 2.11 1.70
1957 KCA AL 30 CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1957 DET AL 30 OF 36 24 237.2 73 73 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 3.5 -0.3 -2.5 2.1 1 2.76 2.03 .979 2.24 1.97 12-25-0
1957 DET AL 30 CF 25 23 200.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 4.8 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 1 2.92 2.60 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 DET AL 30 LF 12 1 37.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0 2.15 0.75 .978 2.10 1.70
1958 DET AL 31 OF 80 31 347.1 98 95 2 1 1 .990 4.5 15.5 3.5 1.9 1.7 1 2.51 1.21 .982 2.27 1.94 52-19-10
1958 DET AL 31 LF 52 11 163.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 1.6 11.7 1.6 1.4 0.3 0 2.42 0.85 .980 2.09 1.62
1958 DET AL 31 CF 19 14 127.2 40 39 1 0 1 1.000 2.5 23.5 2.5 1.0 1.5 0 2.82 2.11 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 DET AL 31 RF 10 6 56.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 1 1.61 1.00 .980 1.99 1.69
1959 DET AL 32 OF 41 21 223.1 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -0.4 -2.1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -1 2.34 1.41 .980 2.22 1.96 11-18-13
1959 DET AL 32 CF 18 11 107.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.0 11.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 -1 3.19 2.11 .982 2.72 2.44
1959 DET AL 32 RF 13 5 59.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -46.8 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 0 0.92 0.46 .983 1.89 1.64
1959 DET AL 32 LF 11 5 57.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 18.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 2.21 1.27 .979 2.05 1.68
1960 DET AL 33 OF 8 2 32.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -40.4 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 1.65 0.75 .983 2.26 1.95 0-7-1
1960 DET AL 33 CF 7 2 30.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -39.1 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.76 0.86 .983 2.67 2.30
1960 DET AL 33 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
15 Seasons OF 1155 343 3283.0 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5.0 -1.8 -3.0 0.1 -3.0 -2 7.26 2.29 .980 2.34 2.16 239-1273-167
7 Seasons (incomplete) CF 309 266 2386.1 733 712 14 7 7 .990 -3.2 -1.6 -1.2 1.5 -2.7 -2 2.74 2.35 .984 2.82 2.53
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 118 39 467.0 114 110 3 1 1 .991 2.4 6.2 1.4 0.5 1.0 1 2.18 0.96 .979 2.13 1.69
7 Seasons (incomplete) RF 84 38 429.2 78 75 2 1 0 .987 -4.2 -11.7 -3.2 -1.9 -1.3 -1 1.61 0.92 .977 1.99 1.70
15 Seasons TOT 1155 343 3283.0 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5.0 -1.8 -3.0 0.1 -3.0 -2 7.26 2.29 .966 2.34 2.16 239-1273-167
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  157 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL  670 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  173 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  30 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  95 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  123 (9th)
1952 AL  121 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  270 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  16 (6th)
1954 AL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1949 AL  7 (6th)
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1954 AL  9 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  21.0 (7th)
1954 AL  11.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL  445 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1926-07-23 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (722), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1432), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Al Cowens (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Augie Galan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Cruz (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 6, 1946: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Virgil Trucks and Hal White to the St. Louis Browns for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman and Jay Porter.

February 5, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Lipon to the Chicago White Sox for Neil Berry and Sam Mele.

June 7, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Chakales and Clint Courtney to the Washington Senators for Jim Busby.

April 16, 1956: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

August 1, 1957: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.

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